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Earth's Deepest Hole: The End of an Era

In 1970, Soviet scientists embarked on an ambitious quest to dig into the Earth's crust, creating the world-renowned Kola Superdeep Borehole in the remote Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Stretching 12,262 ...
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Why the deepest hole on Earth was sealed, and what they discovered before it was closed

Deep in the Arctic Circle, there’s a man-made hole that once earned the nickname “the entrance to hell.” The Kola Superdeep Borehole, the deepest hole ever drilled on Earth, reached a staggering 12 ...